Emdebian Grip 3.0 (based on Debian 7.0 "wheezy") released

The Emdebian Project is very pleased to announce the
official release of the Grip flavour of Embedded Debian - Emdebian Grip 3.0
based on Debian GNU/Linux version 7.0 (codenamed wheezy).

A small Debian-compatible Emdebian installation

Emdebian Grip 3.0 (wheezy-grip) is a smaller Debian that is
binary compatible with Debian and based around a small set of Debian
packages intended for embedded machines. Emdebian Grip 3.0 provides
complete repositories of packages for seven architectures (i386, amd64,
powerpc, armhf, armel, mips and mipsel), based on coreutils, glibc and
perl. Grip includes support for standard Debian tools like debootstrap,
multistrap and debian-installer and no functional changes compared to
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 wheezy.

Installations of Emdebian Grip 3.0 will work with standard Debian
tools like debootstrap, debian-installer, multistrap and debian-live - as
long as the device has enough space to generate such systems.

Emdebian Grip can support building packages and can be
installed as a simple migration from Debian in the normal ways.
The recommended way to install Emdebian Grip 3.0 is to use any existing
Debian installation to run multistrap to create the root filesystem
and then install with an appropriate kernel of your own. Emdebian Grip
3.0 only contains a small number of kernels. An existing Debian root
filesystem can also be upgraded to Emdebian Grip as long as the packages
installed are also provided by Emdebian Grip. Alternatively, consider
using debootstrap to create a chroot or using the unofficial Debian
Installer images for Emdebian Grip e.g. if you are installing to a
virtual machine for testing.

As of Emdebian Grip 3.0, all active Emdebian Grip suites and
codenames will carry the -grip suffix compared to the equivalent
Debian suites and codenames. The Emdebian Grip components used in
Emdebian Grip 2.0 have also been removed. This requires changes in
your apt sources when upgrading.

Emdebian Grip is planned to be merged into Debian before the next
stable release of Debian GNU/Linux and the -grip suffix will be
retained for suites and codenames of all future Emdebian Grip releases.
Once integrated, most standard Debian mirrors will carry Emdebian Grip
packages under the appropriate suite and codename for each subsequent
release. Wheezy-Grip packages will remain available on the current mirrors
until after wheezy-grip has become oldstable-grip.

Emdebian Grip 2.0 Squeeze is now oldstable and Emdebian Grip 3.0
wheezy-grip is stable-grip - there is no stable suite,
just as testing and unstable were removed at the start of
the integration process. It is recommended to always use the codename
if you want an installation to remain on a particular release. In this
case, installations which used the former suite name will also need to
change stable to stable-grip before upgrading to the new release.

Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such
as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. XFCE is the
default desktop environment for Emdebian Grip 3.0.

Upgrades to Emdebian Grip GNU/Linux 3.0 from the previous Debian and
Emdebian releases, are automatically handled by the apt package
management tool for most configurations. As always, Debian and
Emdebian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place,
without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read
the release notes for possible issues
and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading.

About Debian

Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a
thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the
Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature,
and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux
distributions.

The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its
dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide
the best operating system possible. Debian 7.0 is another important step
in that direction.